Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1887-07-26
OXFORD COUNTY HORSE NOTES.

running with The dam. Some persons
recommend learning the young fosl 10
eat oats a. soon . possible and giving
them all they will eat besides the dam.
milk bu, We think the more ra,ional
method is to give the oats to the mare.
and also wha, other feed Is necessary TO
keep up the dow Of milk to the maxi.
mum quantity. This with the grass
which all colt. learn TO eat when two OF
three weeks old. will be 10 the cad more
advantageous to the fosl than would
diet consisting wholly of concentrated
food. for those who are best Informed In
regard to natures ls~s regarding the
feeding Of animals, know that all ami
nal. require besides nutritious food a
certain amoun, Of bulky food 10 properly
dis,end the stomach II the young fosl i'
fed al the o.,. IL will consume besides is
mother. milk. the appetite would be
eloyed TO the extent thA, but little grass
would be consumed. which would not be
conducive TO the necessary development
Of the stomach and appetite to grow uP
a large. healthy horse.
1, Is Of grea, Importance that ihi dan
during the period Of sucking the foal.
should no, be allossd TO shriak n her
ao~ Of milk. and during the usually dry
mon,ks Of July and Angus, nearly all
mare. should be fed a liberal ration OF
grain which should be very liberal IN
case the mare is worked any as she often
il. aud We think a colt will do better on
a mare that IL driven or worked modsr.
.,sly and properly fed. than they will oa
a mare that 1. turned out 10 pasture Tor
the season and has 10 fight hies. and
whether /, be wet or dry must either
"roo, hog or de-" Yet there ate
breeders who take a good deal Of pride
in telling OF the grsa, length OF time
during which their breeding mare has
no, had . strap Of harness on her. bat !,
/. fact ,ha, those who work their brood
mare. nearly all the year round raise /.
good colt. and NEE, with lsss losses a,
foaling than those who let their mares
lie idle the greater part OF tie year.
A, four months old. the usual time OF
weaving. the foal, where the mare has
been fed grain. has learned to eat u from
stealing ou, Of her dish. When the foAl
Is taken of from hi. dam eniirely he
should be supplied with an amount OF
grain or skim milk fully equal IN nour'
i.hmsn, TO the milk which !, has been
accustomed 20 receive from its dam aud
,hi. should be continued until the colt
ha. reached . sufficient age 10 eat and
properly dige., larger amount OF more
bulky food. II the colt Is KEEP, srowing
wi,hoa, any check darins the whole OF
il. frs, year the cO,, OF growing him TO
full maturity !, much less than It would
be II he were insuifieien,ly fed at that
time. AT no time during the colts sub
.equen, growth should he be allowed to
.ub.i.t even for short time on short
ration. a. !, will cos, a grea, deal more
to ge, col, growing again after once
se,iins checked. than !, would TO have
KEEP, them thriving all the time.
Those who think they are really sAving
their hay or grain by keeping their sni.
nal. poor are penny wise and pound
foolish; for il certainly costs more to
keep an animal on .can,y feed five years
than I, does to keep one well three years.
|, cost. no more to feed q colt on par.
grain than it does wholly on hay and
sra.. at prt.en, prices; for hay Is the
same as money even II We DO raise |, on
our own farms besides. {. before init
mated. by feeding grain We &c, them up
10 a certain sire and weight In much less
time. getting our money for them sooner
and more OF /, also.
Mr.. Joseph B.,,sll Of the Middlsbury
Register, Middlebury. Vermont, per-
si,,ent investigator OF pedigree', b"
been tracing the history Of old PAGER
Pilot, sire Of Pilot. Jr.. sire OF the dams
Of Maud S, 2:Os}. Jay-Rye-See. 2:lO,
and other greA, performers aud after
tracing him through several owners 10
diifsren, localities, finally brought to
lish, facts going to prove ,hA, this famous
proseni,or Of brool mares Was 70, by
son Of old justin Morgan, and Was A'so OF
Morgan blood on his dam. side. This
~ul be very gratifying to the many
friend. Of the Morgans as IL has al~ay'
been supposed ,h., old PHO. W. Can
ada bred horse.
The wonderful results produced by
breeding bis granddaughter to s,allion'
of Hamble,onian descent. is still better
evidence OF the wisdom Of breeding
mares Of Morgan blood TO HambletoniAn
stallion, to ge, the fast ,ro,,ers aud
stylish roadsiers but As general rule
the most successful roiiing stalliois
have been those ths, have in their breed.
ing several strains running back TO
common ancestry. s Is well illustrated
in the greatness Of many of the stations
tracing TO Messenger ,hroash HambleIon-
ian and Mambrino Chief. A large proPor-
ton Of the mo.t successful sires among
the Morgans have been those who trace
10 Justin Morgan through several lines OF
descent. We will speak further on this
.ubjec, some time in the future.
Mr.. w. T.. Hutchinson Of DiIfeld,
Maine, has been offered $1,000 for bis
tro,ting mare. Katie b.. that got
record ., Phillips. July eth. in 2;Sii.
although she really tro,,ed in 1881 a.
timed by outside watches. She was 70,
BY Lord Nelson, son OF Sanders Knox. BY
Gen. Knox.
Carol Taylor OF wes, Buekfeld. has
hired out the use OF bis mare to Rob.
Dean, who will breed her to bis fss,
stallion, Baby Dean. Mr.. Taylor i' to
receive e75 for the use OF his mare.
Mr.. q. w. Maxim has also let the
use OF his handsome Pa,ehsn mare to the
ssms party.
Mr.. Ethel Bampus, Of Paris. has
6.year.old brown mare, bred BY Horace
God, Of Auburn. got by COTE Won Mol
Ike, dam by Gen. Knox. that lately
fosled likely looking colt BY cyIil, son
Of 0lsnarm.
Baby Dean has got some likely colts.
as ha. also the stallion, Major Booze. by
Daniel Boone. dam by Robert Bonner.
Jr., owned by J. w. Shaw Of Backhsld.